Michael Schenkman

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Michael Schenkman
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Age: 78

Location:
233 street and Northern Boulevard
near Cross Island Parkway, Bayside
Queens , NY
United States
from the NYTimesfrom Michael's facebook page

At 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, like so many mornings before, Michael
Schenkman, 78, was doing what he loved: riding his bike near his home in
Queens.

As reported in the New York Times:

Mr.
Schenkman pedaled east on Northern Boulevard, maneuvering alongside
traffic with the same care as he would drive a motor vehicle. An avid
cyclist, he also taught driver’s education for several years; he knew
the rules of the road, his sons said.

When
he was near 223rd Street, and one turn away from the Cross Island
Parkway bike trail in Bayside, he began to merge from the center lane
onto the left. Suddenly, a black Chevrolet Impala struck him, dragging
him about 25 feet and leaving him fatally injured.

For
cycling enthusiasts, Mr. Schenkman’s death was particularly unsettling
because it was the 15th cyclist fatality caused by a motor vehicle so
far this year, exceeding the total number of bike deaths reported in New
York City during all of 2015, according to data provided by the
Transportation Department. Last year, the city reported 11 cycling
fatalities by Aug. 24.

Michael's crash was also covered in DNA-Info, The Daily News, StreetsBlog, and prompted a statement by Transportation Alternatives